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“We need to play four quarters like we played the fourth,” Grangeville head coach Kelcey Edwards told the Free Press immediately after his tea…
GRANGEVILLE -- The American Legion Baseball team, The Camas Prairie Zephyrs, will hold sign-ups on Saturday, March 2, beginning at 9 a.m., at …
Early this season, Grangeville beat Lapwai for the first time in an aeon — a win GHS freshman Camden Barger ranked right up with the team’s re…
Four more high school football players are planning to play the sport at the college level: Grangeville's Booker Bush, Kamiah's Chad Simmons, …
Grangeville High School Cheer Squad earned the 2A grand champion award Feb. 9 at the Maniac Cheer Off in Orofino. The team took first place in…
Grangeville’s Booker Bush signed Feb. 6 as a preferred walk-on at University of Idaho, where he will aim to play slot receiver in years to com…
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GRANGEVILLE – Was it boarding house owner Mrs. Fitzwilliam in the library? Crime writer Anguish Crispie at her writing desk? Perhaps the famous actress, Fay Strange with the southern twang who committed a crime using her worldly wiles. Or maybe … it was the directionally challenged, forgetfu…
Attendees filled the Grangeville Elks Lodge both Friday and Saturday nights, Feb. 15-16, for the Grangeville Youth Wrestling Crab Feed. This year’s event was broken into two days to include a Friday family night and Saturday for those 21 and older. Games and a live auction were offered, alon…
Decluttering and downsizing: People are looking at the collections of stuff in their homes these days with a new eye toward simplifying their lives, or more practically, gaining space to reclaim a shelf, closet, room or even a garage.
Shirley’s Dance Studio, Grangeville-area dancers, will hold its winter dance recital this Saturday, Feb. 23, 2 p.m., at Grangeville High School. The community is invited to attend the no-cost event. Shirley’s offers tap/jazz and Western swing/ballroom. She offers classes each week in Grangev…
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New federal standards for Idaho identification cards have been in the works for more than a decade, but only recently has getting the ID become a pressing priority -- we’re a year and a half out from it being enacted.
Our men and women in the military serve and sacrifice to protect not only the values Americans hold dear, but to protect current and future generations. So, it is ironic that those same individuals – injured as a result of that service -- are not supported by our nation to assist them in bri…
On Feb. 6, 2019, Mountain View School District Board Chairman, Lot Smith, wrote an opinion in which he continues to misrepresent the facts regarding the school board’s unfair and disrespectful treatment of our teachers.
On March 8th, Idaho and Lewis county Republicans will have our county Republican party “Lincoln Day Dinner.” From now through the end of April, nearly every county Republican party across Idaho will hold a celebratory event honoring Abraham Lincoln, America’s 16th President and the first Rep…
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NAMPA – The stakes in the latest Prairie-Lapwai showdown were formally lower than would have been, if not for the Friday night upsets that matched these rivals against each other once again. They played not for the 1AD1 state championship decided Saturday, Feb. 16, at the Ford Idaho Center, …
BOISE – Grangeville held a 6-4 lead after a cold-shooting first quarter of the 2A consolation final, but Malad’s Britlynn Hubbard warmed up, scored 25 points and thawed out a 53-45 Dragons win Saturday, Feb. 16, at Bishop Kelly High School.
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NAMPA – Having played a close and consequential game against a strong opponent, having given a strong effort of their own, and having kept within two points of Carey until about two minutes remained, the Salmon River girls went through the handshake line, went to their bench, and began to cr…
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Grangeville students told the story of The Emperor’s New Clothes in song and dance last Friday evening, Feb. 8, at Grangeville Elementary School. The performance was organized by Missoula Children’s Theater and co-sponsored by The Kids Klub.
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KOOSKIA – Chaos and tension punctuate each video cut as two young men search and run through forests, something red spatters across a tree, and a shocking moment of discovery is made. Could it be the legendary Bigfoot, the Sasquatch?
The Grangeville, Prairie, Lapwai, Salmon River and Nezperce girls basketball teams have earned trips to the state tournaments later this month with wins in the region's high school girls basketball District tournaments, which continue this week.
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